Ph.D

No, the IIT Patna PhD admissions are no longer open for the January session in 2026. The last date to apply for IIT Patna PhD's January admissions was October 22nd 2025. Candidates who missed this application window can still apply for the July session which are currently open.

Yes IIT Patna offers a relaxation in both the age limit as well as the minimum aggregate for last qualifying exams in the PhD admission criteria. Candidates are offered a relaxation of 5% along with a relaxation of 5 years in the PhD eligibility criteria during IIT Patna course admissions.

No, GATE is not a mandatory entrance exam for IIT Patna PhD admissions. To become qualified for IIT Patna course admission to the PhD course, candidates can also appear for the UGC NET as well. 

However, candidates with an appropriate CGPA in their BTech course from a Centrally Funded Technical Institutes can get direct admissions into the IIT Patna PhD course.

Candidates who are applying for PhD courses from the engineering department such as NIT Jalandhar chemical engineering or NIT Jalandhar civil engineering departments must have a ME/MTech degree of the relevant field. However, NIT Jalandhar also offers PhD courses in Humanities, Science and Management sectors where, an ME/MTech degree is not required.

No, candidates without a PG level degree in the relevant field are ineligible to apply for the NIT Jalandhar PhD admissions. Candidates will need to have cleared a specific PG level course in accordance with their chosen PhD course at NIT Jalandhar. Go to NIT Jalandhar's official website for the eligibility criteria of individual PhD courses.

No, candidates who have either appeared for the GATE or UGC NET are not required to appear for the NIT Jalandhar PhD admission Written Test. The aforementioned written test is only applicable to part-time PhD admissions where the candidates have not qualified in either the GATE or UGC NET.

Candidates who withdraw/cancel their NIT Jalandhar PhD admission at the counseling stage will be eligible for refunds in accordance to the rules applicable to the counseling. However, if a candidates cancels their admission after finalising their seat in the PhD course of NIT Jalandhar, they will not be eligible for any refunds.

No, candidates cannot apply for NIT Jalandhar PhD admissions in offline mode. The information brochure of the institute has mentioned that the applications will be accepted strictly in online mode only.

Aside from the application process, the registrations for the accepted entrance exams also cannot be done in offline mode.

To complete the PhD admissions at NIT Jalandhar, candidates need to provide the following documents once they have been shortlisted for the personal interview round:

• Class 10th and Class 12 passing certificate and marksheet
• UG level passing degree
• PG level passing degree
• GATE/UGC-NET scorecard 
• Offer of Sponsorship (if applicable)
• Work experience certificate (if applicable)
• No Object certificate (if applicable)
• ID and address proof

No, the NIT Jalandhar PhD admissions for the June session are yet to be opened for the academic year 2026. Usually, the PhD admissions for the June session open in the month of April. The last date to apply is usually scheduled in the month of May.